The organization’s patron is no less than Malaysia’s High Commissioner to Singapore, Datuk Husni Zai Yaacob. In a statement, Datuk Husni expressed hopes that “MASIS will in time serve as a platform to foster a greater sense of solidarity and esprit de corps amongst the Malaysian community in Singapore. MASIS can also provide an avenue for Malaysians and ‘Friends of Malaysia’ to come together to exchange views and ideas for potential collaborations.”

Commenting further, MASIS President and renowned litigation attorney Abraham Vergis, Managing Director of Providence Law Asia, enthused, “The formation of MASIS is timely and comes at a high-water mark in bilateral relations between Singapore and Malaysia at all levels: between governments, businesses and people-to-people relationships.”

MASIS was formally launched last 31 October 2014 at the highly publicized Agrobazaar event. Incidentally, Agrobazaar is another Rikvin client.